Jewell Beard of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Roy W. Sexton and Pearl Elizabeth Dixon Sexton, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, December 4, 1927. She died at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 4, 2014 in Campbellsville. Age: 86 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a childcare provider.

She united in marriage to Rev. Shiley Beard in 1945. He preceded her in death April 18, 1987.

She was preceded in death by two daughters: Patricia Stewart and Peggy Cable; a grandson, Timothy Perkins; and three sisters and two brothers: Dorothy Claycomb, Billy Frank Sexton, Deloris Graham, Roy O. “Tom” Sexton and Geneva Mattingly.